Use Where before OrderBy.

Why is this an issue ?

When Orderby is called right before Where, LINQ sorts all the elements before filtering them. Doing the opposite is more efficient, first filter the items then sort the remaining ones only.

When can it be ignored ?

This rule shouldn’t be ignored.

Non compliant examples

public static async Task Test()
{
    var query = items
        .OrderBy(x => x)
        .Where(x => x > 10);
}

public static async Task Test()
{
    var query = items
        .OrderBy(x => x)
        .ThenByDescending(x => x)
        .Where(x => x > 10);
}

public static async Task Test()
{
    var query = from item in items
                orderby item
                where item > 10
                select item;
}

public static async Task Test()
{
    var query = from item in items
                orderby item descending
                where item > 10
                select item;
}

Compliant examples

public static async Task Test()
{
    var query = items
        .Where(x => x > 10)
        .OrderBy(x => x);
}

public static async Task Test()
{
    var query = items
        .Where(x => x > 10)
        .OrderBy(x => x)
        .ThenByDescending(x => x);
}

public static async Task Test()
{
    var query = from item in items
                where item > 10
                orderby item
                select item;
}

public static async Task Test()
{
    var query = from item in items
                where item > 10
                orderby item descending
                select item;
}